From the Richmond Whig, 4/6/1865

DEMOLISHING THE RUINS. - Yesterday afternoon the Richmond
Fire Brigade commenced the very necessary work of pulling down the toppling
walls that overhang the avenues of the burnt district ready to descend any
moment in an avalanche of brick, granite and mortar upon the heads of the
throngs of citizens and soldiers who are curious seekers among the ruins of once
fair and beautiful Richmond. The military authorities who gave the order for the
demolition of the ruins, reinforced the Fire Brigade by a detail of colored
troops, who worked manfully at the ropes. One of the walls of a warehouse on
Cary street fell yesterday, and several white boys who were gathering old iron
from the ruins were badly injured by the bricks.